Monthly Archives: August 2015

Dig-IN Returns for 6th Year

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s favorite food festival – Dig IN, a Taste of Indiana – returns for the sixth year on Aug. 30 at White River State Park. The farm-to-fork festival will feature more than 80 dishes and drinks prepared by some of the top chefs, food artisans, brewers and vintners … Read More

Walker Introduces a Ladies Only PLTW Course

INDIANAPOLIS — The Walker Career Center (WCC) is dedicated to empowering young ladies to consider entering non-traditional careers. Engineering is an example of a non-traditional career, as females comprise only 12 percent of working engineer professionals. The WCC’s award winning Project Lead the Way Engineering program has 9th grade females … Read More

New Roundabout Open on Southeast Side

INDIANAPOLIS —The City’s latest roundabout, located at the intersection of Five Points and E. Thompson roads on the City’s southeast side, is now open to traffic. The cost of the $1.65 million roundabout project was shared, with approximately 80 percent coming from federal funds and 20 percent coming from local … Read More

5×5 Ideas Competition Winner Announced

INDIANAPOLIS — On Aug. 7, the 2015’s second installment of the 5×5 $10,000 ideas competition entitled Look Indy: The City is Your Classroom was held at the Harrison Center for the Arts on the corner of Delaware and East 16th St. Nostalgically themed around an old school classroom environment, complete … Read More

Clap Out

My son-in-love came bounding up the steps of the apartment: “You ready” We gotta go clap ‘em out.” I hadn’t expected to see him at that time because his children – my grandchildren – were in school. That Monday in June in Cedar Knolls, New Jersey was the last day … Read More